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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1877
Page
1
A compact list of names including Curti s Pinkham Wo Huston John Hantaes J Perracht BF Carter W P Thompson James Stout M Howe XR J Monroe appears in the record. The fragmentary text likely reflects a roster or index of individuals connected to a local or organizational item.
A Lewiston letter from April 27 1877 reports farmers elated by high wheat prices and extensive spring planting in Paradise Valley. Hale weather may allow sowing of more grain. locals plan lumber mills, loan schemes, and road repairs to improve transport while settlers rush to take up available river-adjacent lands. Major notes Wa wa wa and Steptoe against Lewiston.
A Vienna telegraph reports Prince Charles receiving the Russian manifesto declaring armed action to safeguard Eastern Christians in the Ottoman Empire. It states Russia aims to secure reforms in Bulgaria as a guarantee, not to conquer, while inviting European powers to participate, and denies permanent territorial gain. Also notes Capt T J Stump’s bankruptcy rumor and seeks clarity on his store’s fate as reported by Mountaineer and Watchman.
Reported remarks from a social gathering where several young women humorously state what they would rather be. One prefers being a man, another a lighthouse, and the punchline arrives with a girl wanting to be a lamp post because many young men hug them.
After inspection and muster, the Walowa expedition detail will move from the Garrison and camp near the Pest. On Tuesday morning the command will break camp and march to the labor scene under Captain S. G. Whipple, comprising his company and Captain Winters’s, W. W. Union.
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